"Still, it might not be a bad thing if this Magic Mirror ended up in the Dark Corridor." The chief elder smiled. "Those barbarians don't know how to seal it. Once they try to use it, they'll discover that it will bring them a tremendous catastrophe."
Even so, Sifa said gravely, "We must recover the Magic Mirror. Otherwise, if we leave it alone, you'll be next once it has killed every living thing in the Dark Corridor."
The chief elder found that reasonable and nodded repeatedly.
On Monday morning, Sifa returned to Cookawa City.
The Snake-Haired Folk were repairing their defensive lines. This Demi-Human race was somewhat more numerous than the Scaled Folk, with over three thousand survivors and a larger number of warriors capable of fighting.
However, they faced problems similar to those of the Scaled Folk. Their weapons were outdated, their equipment was crude, and they lacked materials and formulas. When it came to formulas, they were even worse off than the Scaled Folk.
The Snake-Haired Folk did not even have a Sequence 4 formula.
Since this Demi-Human race also followed the Sailor Pathway, the Scaled Folk began exchanging resources with the Snake-Haired Folk at Sifa's direction. The Snake-Haired Folk provided materials below Sequence 4 that the Scaled Folk lacked, helping them increase the number of Middle Sequence Beyonders among their people. In return, the Scaled Folk shared their Sequence 4 formula. However, the Snake-Haired Folk likewise lacked the materials required for Sequence 4 and could not fulfill the ritual's conditions.
To address the material shortage, the Snake-Haired Folk planned to send a team to Dragon Turtle Island to ask the Gray Dwarves and Winged Folk living there for leads.
As for the ritual, with Miss Viri's help available, Sifa confidently guaranteed that he could help them advance